Sports

The Greer Citizen/Owens Insurance Players of Week 10 were honored during last week's Greer Touchdown Club.

Each of our five area high school football teams: Blue Ridge, Byrnes, Greer, Eastside and Riverside, honored a player with strong character and a lot of heart during the final Greer Touchdown Club meeting last week. The Smiley Howell award is given to football players who help their team succeed either on or off the football field.

For the fourth-straight season, the Riverside girls cross country team is the best in the state.

The Lady Warriors were crowned state champions Saturday during the state meet at Sandhills Research Center. Riverside finished with 26 points as a team, with the next closest being Dorman at 85 points.

Greer High’s Yellow Jackets are studying themselves this week at the halfway point in an unexpected break in football action prior to kicking off the Class 4-A playoffs against North Augusta High.

The Eastside and Riverside High swim teams took home plenty of hardware at the state championship meet.

Both teams claimed titles in their respective classes, while several individuals won championships of their own. Eastside won the boys championship, while Riverside swept both the boys and girls events.

The Rebels won’t be in the playoffs this season, but the future is bright for the Byrnes football program.

That’s because freshman Rahjai Harris will be returning.

Harris rushed for more than 200 yards and two touchdowns to give his team a 29-24 win over rival Dorman in the regular season finale.

Eastside managed an improbable comeback against Wren during the Eagles’ regular season finale last Thursday, but came up just short of their sixth win of the season.

The Eagles erased a 21-0 deficit after digging itself into a hole in the first.

By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire

With a Lazarus act that was delayed and then shortened by rain, Carl Edwards revived his moribund championship hopes the only way he could—with a victory in Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.